Dr Emma Ross on work at the English Institute of Sport and her Well HQ company
Dr Emma Ross was, until recently, the Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport (EIS), supporting practitioners working across Olympic and Paralympic sports and leading the EIS Female Athlete Programme. This programme aimed to empower coaches, athletes and sports practitioners to better understand the exercising female, and how to capitalise and cope with her physiology and psychology in the context of sport. Emma recently co-founded The Well HQ, to continue this mission to tackle the taboos, educate and empower people in sport and beyond, about topics such as periods and the menstrual cycle, breast health, pelvic floor health and what it takes for girls and women to thrive in sport, in health and in life. In this podcast we talked about the SMARTHER campaign at the EIS and what the picture is like now in terms of Olympic women’s medals and her thoughts on where to place the emphasis – at grassroots or elite level. We also talked about any objections she has come across in her work, her specialism at the Well, best practices and her career tips.
The Women in Sport & Exercise Academic Network Podcast
These are the Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network (WiSEAN) podcasts. The overall purpose of WiSEAN is to grow, strengthen and promote research on women in sport and exercise, with the ultimate goal of optimizing women’s athletic success and their participation. We, therefore, invite academics, researchers and practitioners from sport and exercise to join us for our podcast, so they can share their thoughts, activities, research and advice. https://www.wisean.net/
- No. of episodes: 44
- Latest episode: 2024-05-22
- Sports
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